puny

英 [ˈpjuːni]

美 [ˈpjuːni]

adj.  弱小的; 孱弱的; 不起眼的; 可怜的; 微不足道的

比较级：punier　最高级：puniest　

GRE

BNC.19445 / COCA.15824

牛津词典

adj.

• 弱小的；孱弱的
  small and weak
  1. The lamb was a puny little thing.
     羊羔瘦小孱弱。
• 不起眼的；可怜的；微不足道的
  not very impressive
  1. They laughed at my puny efforts.
     他们嘲笑我微不足道的努力。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 弱小的；微弱的
  Someone or something that ispunyis very small or weak.
  1. ...a puny, bespectacled youth...
     戴眼镜的瘦弱青年
  2. The resources at the central banks' disposal are simply too puny.
     中央银行掌握的资金实在太少了。

英英释义

adj

• (used especially of persons) of inferior size
  Synonym:runtyshrimpy
• inferior in strength or significance
  1. a puny physique
  2. puny excuses

双语例句

• At home, fierce competition among thousands of producers and brands translates into puny market shares and slim profits.
  在中国本土，数千家生产商和品牌之间的激烈竞争，导致各自只能获得极小的市场份额和微薄的利润。
• What can puny human strength take by force out of the hand of Omnipotence?
  微弱的人们能用武力从全能者的手中夺取祝福么？
• As you have recognized our superiority, we will let your puny civilization survive for the moment.
  既然你已经承认我们的优越性，我想我们会暂时饶你们这次等文明一条狗命的。
• Our intention is to rescue the puny kids who could have their minds twisted due to parents like yourself.
  救助弱小是我们的本意，我们不希望未成年人在你这样的父母羽翼下扭曲成长。
• Offshore accounts offered puny rates of interest because banks could do so little with the money.
  境外账户的利率小的可怜，因为银行拿这些人民币一点用都没有。
• As such, these puny foraminifera serve as very distinct tags of when the K-T extinction event started.
  因此，当K-T灭绝事件开始时这些微小的有孔虫充当十分鲜明的标签。
• This puny mortal will be no problem.
  对付这个凡人，会顺利的。
• Have grandiose aims but puny abilities, great ambition but little talent.
  这些人有一颗硕大的头颅和瘦小的身子。
• Not anything that we puny humans could ever do.
  没有任何我们这样微不足道的人类曾经做过的事情。
• If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.
  如果他以他那软弱的身心的整个力量爱她八年，也抵不上我一天的爱。